Paper cap



P. R. BUCK (No Model.)

PAPBR CAP.

Patented Jan. 3,1882.

WITNESSES.-

A TTORNEYS" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK It. BUCK, ()F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER CAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,995, dated January 3, 1882,

Application filed June 11,1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. BUGK,a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Caps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective of acapconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective illustrating the manner of l'ornr ing the cap on a block or form. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the block and inner paper disk, and Fig. 4 is a plan ofihe blank from which the cap is formed.

My invention has for its object to provide a neat and durable paper cap, which may be simply and cheaply constructed, and which will be found convenient and advantageous for use by workmen, artisans, and others.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction of the cap hereinafter set forth, the same being composed of a strip or sheet of paper, which is out transversely at difi'erent places on one side, producing flaps which are folded radially toward a common center and secured between paper disks, forming a crown,the un cut portion of the strip being folded to form the body or band, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawings, A indicates the pattern or sheet of paper from which the cap is made. Said sheet is composed origiuallyof a singlepiece, A, with trans verse lines a, which extend each about half-way across the width of the sheet,.or down to a longitudinal line, a. Incisions are made on these lines, or the latter are cut down or into the longitudinal line a, thus producing a series of flaps, a on one side of the sheet. The sheet is next doubled lengthwiseonaliue midway between the line a and the uncut edge a oratany convenient distance between said line and edge. The sheet thus folded lengthwise is next passed around a form or block, (shown at B,) the ends which overlap or intersect, as shown at a, being secured together by a pin, E, and the flaps a standing upright. A pa- (No model.)

per disk, 0, with its upper surface gunnned or coated with paste or other adhesive substance, is placed centrally on the block and the flaps turned down radially one after another thereon and caused to adhere thereto. Another-paper disk, D, with its under surface gum med or otherwise rendered adhesive, is next fastened on the top of theflaps, as shown, and the cap is then complete and may be removed from the block. After removal it may be adjusted as to size by removing the pin and reinserting the same after the ends of the band have been moved on one another to increase or diminish, as required, the circumference of the body.

The cap thus constructed forms a neat and durable article of head-wear. The cutting, folding, and pasting maybe very rapidly done, and as the whole cap is composed of a single sheet, with the addition of the central disks, the expense of construction is but slight.

The cap thus constructed has a regular crown in a different plane from the body or band, and the latter, by reason of the double told, is at once strengthened and in effect provided with a. sweat-band, the inside fold answering thereto. The crown, too, is in a manner an open one, the interstices between the flaps afifording spaces for ventilation.

I have described the cap as being made of paper, but muslin or other equivalent material may be substituted therefor.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. The sheet or strip A, having transverse cutting-lines a, substantially as shown and described.

2. The sheet or strip A, having lateral incisions on one side, producing flaps 0?, designed and adapted to form, by folding over one air other, a crown for a cap, substantially as shown and described.

3. A cap of paper or equivalent material composed of a band or body and a crown, the latter consisting of overlapping flaps folded radially toward a common center and secured thereto, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the body or band A and flaps a integral therewith,of the securing-disks U D, substantially as shown and described.

5. A cap of paper or equivalent material having a crown and a band forming the body, secured to a common center, substantially as the ends whereof are secured bya pin, E, subshown anddescribed. stantially as shown and described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 6. A cap of paper or equivalent material have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of 5 having a, crown and a, band folded longitudi- June, 1881.

nally to produce a double thickness, substantially as shown and descrihu 7. A cap of paper or equivalent material Witnesses: having a folded band or double body and a CHAS. A. CABRERA, 10 crown composed of overlapping radial flaps O. G. ()SGOOD.

FRANK R. BUCK. 

